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1956 Washington State

3–⁠6–⁠1 (2–⁠5–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Jim Sutherland.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1956, game by game: lost vs. No. 14 Stanford 26–40; won vs. San José State 33–18; won at Idaho 33–19; lost at UCLA 0–28; lost vs. Oregon State 0–21; lost at Pacific 12–33; lost vs. No. 20 USC 12–28; tied at Oregon 7–7; won at California 14–13; lost vs. Washington 26–40+15−28Lost 26–40 vs. No. 14 Stanford-14No. 14 StanfordWon 33–18 vs. San José State+15San José StateWon 33–19 at Idaho+14IdahoLost 0–28 at UCLA-28UCLALost 0–21 vs. Oregon State-21Oregon StateLost 12–33 at Pacific-21PacificLost 12–28 vs. No. 20 USC-16No. 20 USCTied 7–7 at Oregon0OregonWon 14–13 at California+1CaliforniaLost 26–40 vs. Washington-14Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vs14StanfordL 26–⁠4035%
Sep 29vsSan José StateW 33–⁠1841%
Oct 6atIdahoW 33–⁠1948%
Oct 13atUCLAL 0–⁠2818%
Oct 20vsOregon StateL 0–⁠2148%
Oct 27atPacificL 12–⁠3321%
Nov 3vs20USCL 12–⁠2825%
Nov 10atOregonT 7–⁠723%
Nov 17atCaliforniaW 14–⁠1335%
Nov 24vsWashingtonL 26–⁠4041%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 40–⁠26; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 99th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1956.

Led the nationBill Steiger: receiving yards (607 yds)

Record
3–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠5–⁠1 7th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
163–⁠247
Coach
Jim Sutherland
Elo
1370 −28 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−3.0 No. 69 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1956 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1956 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon State6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠3–⁠110
USC5–⁠28–⁠218
UCLA5–⁠27–⁠3
Washington4–⁠45–⁠5
Oregon3–⁠3–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Stanford3–⁠44–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
California2–⁠53–⁠7
Idaho0–⁠44–⁠5

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.